The bench of Giselle, the gift of a municipality to "its ray of sunshine"

She celebrated her 101st birthday on Tuesday, March 8, International Women's Rights Day.

Giselle Bisson is the oldest of Merville-Franceville, a town of just over 2,000 inhabitants by the sea, near Ouistreham (Calvados).

And because it is "our memory", the mayor, Olivier Paz, wanted to make his life easier.

For her to transmit, again and again.

For the anniversary of the centenary, it was decided to install a bench for her on the route she takes to do her shopping.

Far from being ostracized from society, for her 101st birthday, Gisèle now has her bench

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— Paz Olivier (@paz_olivier) March 8, 2022

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Arrived in Merville-Franceville on August 3, 1930, at the age of 9, Giselle has lived in the town for ninety-two years.

His face is known to all.

And she recognizes everyone.

"Every day, she goes down the two floors of her building on avenue de Paris by a small wooden staircase, she is a real ray of sunshine, a childless woman who is only benevolent, with a phenomenal memory", says a woman. resident

.

Coming from a large family, she prepared the houses of Parisians so that they would feel good on vacation, in "her" seaside resort. 

His shopping is an opportunity to chat.

And to maintain this social bond, the municipality had this idea, symbolic, "to install, between her home and a small convenience store, 200 meters away, a place for a stopover on her daily journey if she feels the need, to sit down with your bags and chat”.

The bench now bears her name, Giselle Bisson.

Simple, basic.

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